ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Context, I've only got a handful of wins, so I'm still playing Nightmare Adventure. But as I attempt to expand my range, every character eventually runs into something that murders me without escape. Like in Angband, run into Kavlax early, you need to flee. But in ToME, it seems to be different for ...

Every class seems to have that one weakness that the right enemy exploits perfectly, and you need to realize that immediately and flee or else die. Would be nice to have a full spoiler on the subject, or else include into class guides, but I haven't seen that. Any thoughts? I'm specifically looking ...

This is how I metagame, I use the character vault to plan next forays. Doing my best at a Cornac Rogue at the moment, based on winners from normal and nightmare. Currently my fourth attempt, and I think I'll get there this time, with strategic adjustments having been made (Movement infusion, duh.) h...

I'm with you Ghaleon, I haven't played most of the classes yet so all the information you get on the tool-tip of the boss about sustains and egos mostly goes over my head. I just started using the Inspect Creature option and that's been a big help since you can tab across their character sheet and s...

yeah I'm just saying I have a hard time seeing the pink guys on the minimap.

I want to second much of what's been said here. I find myself usually playing by watching the minimap while moving, hoping I notice the red dots. Pink dots are harder for me to notice on the minimap, unfortunately... Maybe a different highly-contrasting color like blue or purple, and make friendlies...

duh!

Not sure if the OP is still paying attention, but... You mention getting +2 Class and +2 Generic from Alchemist quests? Did the escort rewards change since you wrote this? Currently Alchemists only grant skills you don't use for this build. And, in preparation for my first Insane try, I built a comp...

Yeah, I figured out later that you can delete character records...

Playing 1.4.3, when I have so many positive status effects that the icons start a 2nd column, tooltip no longer recognizes them or the shifted column of negative status effects.

Update: I won! Just my 3rd victory and first on NM. http://te4.org/characters/12495/tome/dec727dc-99c5-41c4-8cef-bd3f7676547f And to comment back on playstyle over min-maxing. Yes, on Normal, and mostly yes on Nightmare I'd guess. I'm about to try Insane and I'm pretty sure some serious min-maxing w...

So my SP is using this wand Lightbringer, gives +10% light damage. Plus it summons this really cool orb that pulses every turn to do decent light damage in a radius of 5. Activated it in my fight against the Poosh boss, had I guess 8 rounds of it left when I stepped through the portal back to the ma...

Absolutely, this is just what I'm trying as a new player completely ignorant of how a class can work, just grasping at straws and overwhelmed, attempting a first playthrough. And I've found that at least on Normal an almost unbelievable variety of builds can generate a winner according to the Charac...

To be honest I didn't even read the talent descriptions, it's overwhelming when you have no experience with a class to try to figure out how all the skills work together. When I started the character for example I was surprised to see Positive diminishing and replenished by Heal and Sun Ray, I'm use...

So, a repost of the last comment I made in the character building advice thread, but I wonder what others think about the wisdom of the technique I've been using as a relatively new player trying to dive into unfamiliar classes with just a couple Normal wins under my belt. So, I look up winners for ...